Rogers Media confirmed at 11:30 a.m. ET Friday what the Canadian sports media world was discussing since it was first tweeted by Bob McKenzie of TSN on Sunday night: George Stroumboulopoulos will join the new NHL broadcast squad this fall.

Stroumboulopoulos was announced as just one part of a frontline “dream team” that will include Hockey Night in Canada fixtures Don Cherry and Ron MacLean and Sportsnet personalities Daren Millard and Jeff Marek.

But with more than 500 regular season games planned across 13 different networks — including up to seven on Saturday nights — plenty of other faces will be part of the Rogers hockey payroll.

Don Cherry’s continued participation with Coach’s Corner was uncertain when Rogers made its 12-year, $5.2-billion deal for the broadcast rights to almost all NHL games in Canada.

But the feature will remain part of the Saturday night broadcasts featuring Cherry alongside MacLean.

Rogers will air the games on its multiple channels across the country but the Hockey Night in Canada franchise will continue for the next four seasons on CBC in a deal that provides the public broadcaster with an outlet to promote its other programming even though it will no longer own the show or sell its commercial time.

PHOTO: Chris Young/The Canadian PressDon Cherry (far right) talks as Scott Moore (left to right), Rogers President of Sportsnet and NHL Properties, George Stroumboulopoulus, Jeff Marek, Daren Milard and Ron MacLean look on as Rogers TV unveil their team for the network’s NHL coverage in Toronto on Monday, March 10, 2014.

Read the report from Sunday night below:

Bob McKenzie of TSN all but confirmed via Twitter on Sunday night that George Stroumboulopoulos will be the new main host of the NHL coverage that Rogers Media snapped up in a 12-year, $5.2-billion deal.

But neither Stroumboulopoulos nor Rogers would confirm the details after word broke.

If I'm not mistaken, I believe congrats may soon be in order for @strombo and @CoachesCornerCBC.

Based on the tweets from McKenzie, the deal will make Strombo the host of the new Hockey Night in Canada that will continue to air Saturdays on CBC for the next four seasons, despite being run by Rogers.

The arrangement will allow CBC to promote other programming as part of HNIC even though the show will not be a CBC production.

Games will also air throughout the week on Sportsnet and City Television along with other channels owned by the telecom monolith — although Stroumboulopoulos would presumably get the primary role that would keep him affiliated with the public broadcaster where he has hosted a nightly talk show for the past decade.

George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight was on the CBC chopping block, according to Canadian Press entertainment reporter Bill Brioux, which suggests that hockey will become the host’s new full-time job.

HNIC fixture Ron MacLean will be hired on at Rogers, according to McKenzie, but roles are expected to shuffle around in tandem with a two-year deal for 80-year-old Don Cherry.

Not clear at this point is whether MacLean or Strombo will have custody of Grapes during Coach’s Corner.

Given how TSN owner Bell Media has been left out of the loop on most NHL live coverage — at least for the next dozen years — it is ironic that their Hockey Insider legitimized the rumours before Rogers could.